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PREGNANCY
A woman's body is designed to bring a pregnancy to it's full term.
Her body provides the vitamins, minerals, sugars and proteins as well as everything else that is required for the developing
child. Her body will rob itself, of anything necessary for the child. Pregnancy can be very hard on the mother's
body, especially if she is in poor health or weakened in some way. Therefore it is very important that a woman
considering or desiring to become pregnant make every effort to prepare herself. A healthy body makes for an easier
pregnancy and birth.
She should begin an exercise program, maintain a healthy weight, eat a balanced variety
of foods and AVOID all alcohol, tobacco and drugs well before becoming pregnant. If a lady plans to become pregnant
at some later time, she should seriously reconsider taking birth control pills. These pills should NOT be taken
for at least one year before pregnancy, whenever possible. She should maintain her healthy lifestyle throughout
her pregnancy, but not overdoing the exercises. If she is in shape to start with, exercising should be much easier,
but she should exercise appropriately with her condition as it changes. There are many classes available to teach some
of these techniques. She should NEVER use tobacco, alcohol or drugs during the pregnancy. Prescription drugs should
only be used if absolutely necessary. Do not hesitate to tell your physician about your drug concerns regarding your
pregnancy and discuss each prescription with him or her. It would be appropriate to see a physician before becoming
pregnant to discuss your general health and anything that can be done to help yourself.
BIRTH
Many ladies
would like to have as natural a birth as possible. For them this might mean birth at home with a midwife. They regard
birth as a completely natural process, which it is. However DEATH and INJURY are also completely natural processes,
processes that most of us would like to avoid. Over history, perhaps millions of women have died in childbirth and many
more have suffered serious injury. Millions of children have also suffered brain and other injuries as well. One
should never be afraid of giving birth, but one should do everything possible to make it as simple and safe as possible.
One should have regular examinations to discover if there will be any complications which might be foreseen and avoided.
It is advisable to give birth in an environment where all necessary equipment is available in case of difficulties arising.
Try to find a physician who will respect your desires and will allow you to have as natural a birth as possible, intervening
only when absolutely needed. Avoid home birth if this is your first child or complications of any kind are expected.
Make CERTAIN that you have a midwife present who has considerable experience and is certified.
There is usually
a certain amount of pain experienced with childbirth. If this pain becomes excessive, it can interfere with the natural
processes. Do not hesitate to seek relief if absolutely required, but remember that we can usually take far more than
we think we can. Develope a good relationship with your physician and trust his judgement as to whether the pain is begining
to interfere with the birth or not.
One of the major mistakes made in the past, was to remain lying down during
labour and birth. Just hold any object waist high and see the effect of gravity as you drop it. Gravity is your
FRIEND, use it. during the early stages of labour, do not hesitate to stand or walk about a little, taking frequent
rests. ALWAYS have someone standing by, for your own safety, to avoid falling or faints. As labour progresses, you may
need to lie down and rest, if at all possible, elevate the head of the bed. Take any help that gravity can give
you. Your labour and birth will be much faster and less exhausting. During birth it is advisable to have the head
of the bed elevated, this will enable you to push, bearing down much more easily. Try to find a physician who
does not insist that his patients lie flat with their legs strapped down, for his own convenience.
Do all that
you can for yourself and then confidently trust in God. Just look around you. The billions of people in this world
are living proof that it CAN BE DONE!
One last point. NEVER underestimate the impact your decisions have
on your children. By refusing necessary help, just because you want to do things your way, you can do serious damage
to your precious child that will last a lifetime. ALWAYS seek to do what is best for the child. And after the
child is born, NEVER tell your daughters horror stories about childbirth. Their young minds are very impressionable,
you will be instilling a terror in them that will, subconsciously exist for a lifetime. In so doing you will be inflicting
torment upon them during their own pregnancies. A positive attitude from you, even if it was difficult for you it is
not so difficult for everyone, will make a world of difference to them in later life.
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ABORTION
The reproductive system is designed so that a female produces an egg which has half
of the chromosomes of a complete cell. The male produces a sperm cell, which also has half the chromosomes of a normal
cell. When the sperm and egg cells combine that makes a complete cell, like other cells. This new cell is UNIQUE
and will become a unique human being, never to be duplicated. It grows to become an offspring of it's parents.
A human cell, does NOT become a dog, a rat or an elephant. A chicken cell does not become an eagle. muskrat or chimpanzee.
Parents produce offspring of themselves.
An egg or sperm might be considered just a part of their originator,
but when they combine, they become a totally, completely new being, with half of their chromosomes coming from their mother
and half coming from their father. To destroy this is to destroy a totally UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL. A COMPLETELY INNOCENT
INDIVIDUAL. This is the definition of murder.
To argue that "life is in the blood" and that, a
single cell has no blood and therefore has no life is disingenuous. The cell uses the mother's blood to sustain
it's life, until that cell can divide and produce blood of it's own. Clearly, no single celled organism has
blood and yet they exist and reproduce. Are they saying that all the microbes and bacteria are not alive? If they
admit that microbes and bacteria are alive and are uniquely different from each other, then how can they deny that a fetus
is alive? And a fetus is undeniably UNIQUE! This argument is spurious and vacuous. The statement that the
life is in the blood, is a simple reference to the fact that a multicelled being would die if h/her blood were removed.
A human egg, fertilized by a human sperm, becomes a human being! To say that it is not human simply because
of the state of it's development is absurd. Will we soon say that people over fifty are not human, simply because
of their state of age and development? Some might even dare to do that, but they are probably not over fifty!
What of a woman's rights? First, a woman has an absolute right and an absolute moral obligation to say NO, to
anyone except her husband! Second, half or more of aborted babies are women, female, what of their woman's rights
to even exist? To argue that abortion is a woman's right when it is being used to select gender by destroying women
seems to indicate a major defect in logic. And what of the child's rights? Do any of us have the right to
kill an innocent person just because it suits our convenience? Then, why is this "right" given to women?
The right to LIVE is a fundamental RIGHT, GIVEN BY GOD! NO ONE has the right to destroy an innocent, unique and human life!
NO ONE! The RIGHT TO LIFE TRANSCENDS ALL OTHER RIGHTS for without life, THERE ARE NO OTHER RIGHTS!
What
of the mother's health? This is a matter that can and should be taken into consideration before pregnancy. If it
is determined that a pregnancy poses a serious risk, steps can be taken to avoid pregnancy. Further, this is very often
a false excuse. Rarely is the mother's life in such serious danger that steps like c section before full term could
not resolve the matter. All possible steps should be made to save both mother and child.
What of eugenics?
The destruction of less than perfect children. This is still murder. It should NOT happen. Many such, less than
perfect people have made contributions to our society. Not the least of which is to teach us something about compassion.
Yes this can be a great burden, but just imagine the BOUNDLESS JOY of parents, when such children are healed by God and achieve
their potential to enter His kingdom. We need to concentrate on how to help such people and their parents, instead of
how to destroy them.
The IUD method of birth control prevents the implantation of the fertilized egg. It
does NOT prevent the fertilization of an egg. It causes a fertilized egg to be expelled and die. It is a method
of abortion, it is murder.
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CIRCUMCISION
The human male has an organ of copulation, which comes equipped with an
exceptionally sensitive tip called the Glans. This glans is covered by a bit of skin, commonly called the foreskin.
This foreskin insulates the sensitive glans from surrounding stimuli, protecting it and rendering it considerably less sensitive.
The foreskin serves as a barrier to render the glans insensitive to common touching by clothing.
Sin, which comes
between man and God Isaiah 59:2, renders man insensitive to the things of God. For spiritual things are spiritually
discerned 1 Cor 2:14. Now the law being spiritual Rom 7:14 engenders to life Rom 8:6, but the carnal (physical, non
spiritual) mind, cannot be subject to God Rom 8:7-8. Therefore it is necessary that the barrier of sin which separates
us from God be removed. This is done through the application of the sacrifice of Christ and repentance, a turning away
from sin, which is the transgression of God's laws 1 Joh 3:4. These acts remove the barrier of sin that had
come between men and God, allowing the man to become sensitive to spiritual things, which bring life. The removal of
this barrier is called spiritual circumcision by the apostle Paul Col 2:11.
Circumcision means; To cut around.
It refers to the cutting around and removal of the foreskin. This procedure, removes the barrier over the glans rendering
it very sensitive. This was used as an object lesson by God to reveal to us that we need to remove the barrier of sin
that separates us from God, to become sensitive to the things of God, to find eternal LIFE Rom 8:6.
Physical circumcision
was first introduced by God to Abraham Gen 17. This circumcision was a token of the covenant between Abraham and God,
that God would give his descendants that land. Please read all Gen 17. Abraham was like a kind of firstfruits
of the Mosaic covenant, for he died not inheriting the promises, but being a stranger in a land that was promised to
him, but not yet his. Later his descendants would enter the fullness of the Mosaic Covenant at Sinai after which
they were given the land. No one could enter that land who was not circumcised, he would be cut off from the people for breaking
the covenant Gen 17:14. Circumcision was a mark or symbol of the Mosaic covenant! It must be done on the eighth
day, symbolizing a new beginning, entering into that covenant.
Now the Mosaic covenant, which was a marriage covenant
Jer 3:14, ended with the death of the husband! Therefore the symbol of the Mosaic covenant is no longer relevant.
For the symbol of an expired covenant is also expired.
Some have been called as a kind of firstfruits of a New
Covenant. We, like Abraham, must needs be circumcised. Abraham was called as a kind of firstfruits of the Mosaic
Covenant, a FLESHLY, EARTHLY, covenant and was therefore circumcised in the FLESH. We are called as a kind of firstfruits
of a SPIRITUAL COVENANT and MUST be circumcised in the SPIRIT! Removing, as it were the foreskins of our hearts
Jer 4:4, Col 2:11, Ph'p 3:3 and Deu 10:16. Moses is identified as having been called as a kind of firstfruits of
the New Covenant in Hebrews 11, yet this Moses was the mediator of the Old Covenant. Even so, Abraham is also mentioned in
Hebrews 11 as a man of faith, called into the New Covenant. Yet, he is also an example of a kind of firstfruits of the
Old Covenant!
In conclusion; Physical circumcision is an EXPIRED SYMBOL OF AN EXPIRED COVENANT. You
MUST be circumcised in the SPIRIT to enter the New Covenant. You must STOP BREAKING GOD'S COMMANDMENTS and seek
the APPLICATION OF THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST, being BAPTIZED FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS, Mark 1:4.
While circumcision
is no longer a religious requirement, it does appear to have certain advantages concerning health and cleanliness.
I am not anti circumcision and anyone who wants to be circumcised should feel free to do so, while remembering that the true
necessity is for THE SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART. Circumcision of children should always be done on the eighth
day after birth, unless there are extenuating circumstances, such as grave illness or premature birth.
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